DIEV ◆ ET ◆ MON ◆ DROIT  
CR   royal blazon or coat of arms  
BY THE Lord Lieutenant General AND General Governor OF IRELAND.  
ESSEX.  
WWEREAS' Information hath been given that many persons of the Popish Religion inhabiting within this Kingdom, have great store of Arms now in their possession, and that of late they have generally taken the liberty to ride Armed beyond what hath formerly been accustomed by them, We for the better Ordering and Governing of His Majesty's affairs here, and the preservation of the public peace and security of His Majesty's Subjects; Have thought fit hereby in His Majesty's Name, and in pursuance of His Majesty's Orders to declare publish and Command, that no person or persons of the popish Religion in this Kingdom, do hereafter presume to Ride with, carry, buy, use or keep in His or their House or Houses or elsewhere, any Muskets, Calivers, Pistols, or other Guns whatsoever, without Licence from Us the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of this Kingdom,  
And we do hereby also straightly charge and require all persons of the Popish Religion in this Kingdom, who now have or▪ at any time hereafter, shall happen to have any such Arms in their hands or possession, that within One Month after the date of this Proclamation, or within One Month after such Arms shall come to their hands, they shall upon pain of His Majesty's High Displeasure, bring or cause to be brought all such Arms into one of His Majesty's Stores of Ordnance and Munition in this Kingdom, or deliver the same to such persons in the several Counties of this Kingdom, as are by Us Authorized to receive the same. And for the better conveniency of such of His Majesty's Subjects who are hereby required to bring in their said Arms, the several persons under-named, or any or either of them, are appointed by Us in the several Counties of this Kingdom Respectively to receive such Arms as in pursuance of this Proclamation, shall be brought in▪ or delivered up to them, who as well as the Clerks of His Majesty's several Stores of Ordnance and Munition, are to give acknowledgements under their hands of their receipt of such Arms as shall be brought in to them, or any of them, to the several persons who shall bring or send the same to them, and also to mark the names of such persons upon the said Arms, and from time to time to give Us an exact account of what Arms they shall receive, and from what persons the same shall be so sent or delivered to them, viz.  
For the County and City of Dublin, Sir Thomas Worsopp Knight and Richard Foster Esq  
For the County of Kildare, William Hoy and Thomas Carr Esqs  
For the County of Meath, Stafford Lightborn and Arthur Meredith Esq  
For the County of Wicklow, William Mathews and Philip Pakenham Esq  
For the County of Catherlogh, Henry Smithwick and Robert Brown Esq  
For the King's County Sir George blundel Baronet, John Weaver and Richard Warburton Esq  
For the Queen's County, Nathaniel Marks and Benjamin Baker Esq  
For the County of Longford, Henry Sankey and Nicholas Dowdall Esq  
For the County of Weastmeath, William Murrey and James Leigh Esq  
For the County and City of Kilkenny, Joseph Cuffe and Bryan Manser Esq  
For the County and Town of Wexford Thomas Hart, and John Tench Esqs  
For the County of Lowth, and Town of Drogheda, Henry Bellingham, and Richard Bolton Esqs  
For the County of Clare, Giles Vandelure, and Samuel Burton Esqs  
For the County and City of Cork, Sir Richard Kerle, Redmond Barry and Alexander Pigot Esq  
For the County and City of Waterford, Nicholas Osborn and James Mutlowe Esq  
For the County of Kerry, John Blennerhasset junior Anthony Raymond and Frederick Mullins Esq  
For the County and City of Limerick, Sir George Ingoldesby, Richard Southwell and Simon Eton Esq  
For the County of Tipperary, Simon Fynch and Peyton Lehunt Esq  
For the County of galway, Sir. Oliver St. George & Sir. Henry Wadington.  
For the County of Mayo, Sir George Bingham and Sir Arthur Gore.  
For the County of Sleigo, Robert Morgan and Charles Collis Esq  
For the County of Roscomon, James King and Edmond Donelan Esq  
For the County of Leitrim, Sir William Gore and Henry Crofton of Mohill Esq  
For the Town and liberties of galway, Sir Francis Gore and James Bulteel Esq  
For the County of Down, Colonel Vere Essex Cromwell, James Lesley and William Hill Esq  
For the County of Antrim and Town of Carickfergus, Francis Stafford, Arthur Upton and William Lesley Esqs  
For the County of Ardmagh, Major Sidney Fotherbie, Arthur Brownlow and Thomas Ball Esqs  
For the County of Tyrone, the Lord Glenaully, Major Sidney Fotherbie and Arthur Newburgh Esq  
For the City and County of Londonderry, Colonel William Cecil, Dudley Philips and Thomas Dawson Esqs  
For the County of Donegall, Colonel William Cecil, William Waren and William Dutton Esqs;  
For the County of Monaghan, William Barton and Simon Richardson Esqs  
For the County of Cavan, Sir Charles Hamilton, Humphrey Perrot and Thomas Gwillim Esq  
For he County of Fermanagh, Sir Michael Cole and Cromwell Ward Esq  
And in case any persons who by this Proclamation are required to bring in and deliver up their said Arms, shall neglect or refuse, to conform themselves and yield Obedience thereunto, We do hereby further declare, that We shall not only take a most strict and severe course for the seizing and securing their said Arms, but shall also look upon all those so detaining the same, both as contemners of His Majesty's authority, and as persons designing the disturbance of the public Peace of this Kingdom.  
Given at His Majesty's Castle of Dublin, the 8th day of November, 1673. GOD save the KING. O: BECHER.   

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